The Photography Teacher

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Young People

Starting young

My daughter had her first photography show when she was four years old.

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Since then (now twenty years ago) I have been running photography courses for young people. Granted, they're not normally four, but armed with a camera and a child's curiousity, any young person can explore their local area and produce far more interesting images than you would think.

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My courses have been held in arts centres and museums, and well as exploring urban and rural environments.

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Children have made pinhole cameras, learnt how to process film and paper, practised legography, visited zoos, or simply climbed hills to see what there is to be seen.

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Courses have lasted between one and five days. The fee per child, per day, is only £25 (based on a minimum of four children), but group size is never more than six.

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While it is best if children have their own cameras, I can provide a limited number of cameras.

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So, if you have a group of young people, or are running a holiday club, please get in touch.

On the left, my daughter in 1996, clearly not getting grips with a Hassleblad, but featured in the press as one of the youngest ever exhibited photographers in the UK.

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On the right, a much more recent photo from a legography course- taken at the Buckinghamshire County Museum.

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A young person making props for a playmobil themed workshop.

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This worksop combined the work of Gillian Wearing and Slinkachu, and was called 'Small voices of Protest'.